Clash of Ultimates

Disclaimer: I am still poor.

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All things considered, Lilac recovered pretty quickly. Then they all head up to the top of the tower where Eggman is. Just to find a huge metal door. (You didn't think he would make it easy, did ya?) Sonic starts with the buzzsaw routine, but it didn't work.

"Why don't we just have Lilac here teleport us through it?" Rouge asks. Shadow steps in front of Lilac.

"It looked like it almost killed her last time." He says. Tails holds out the Emerald.

"But we do have a Chaos Emerald." He says. Lilac becomes confused.

"But...Father....." Sonic looks at her.

"Will you knock off the 'Father' bit?" he says. Lilac looks at him.

"I don't know what else to call him." She says. Sonic starts to say something, but Knux stops him.

"Deal with it later." He says. They start searching around the door. "Hmmm, no switch or anything..........."

"Ready Shade?" Sonic says. The blue and the black hedgehog back up. The others get out of their way.

"Not going to work." Rouge says singsong. Sonic just gives her a death glare, then he and Shadow charge the door. They get blown back, and the door......laughs at them?

"Great, not only does Egg-belly put a metal door in the way, he makes it able to laugh at us." Sonic says. Rouge is examining the lock on the door. Then she pulls out one of her hairpins.

"If that actually works.........."Knuckles says. Rouge gives him a dirty look, then starts trying to pick the lock.

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**With Eggman**

Eggman is sitting in his machine. The Emerald plate next to him makes a soft humming sound. He is checking the power readouts and trying to figure out why they aren't going up as high as they should be.

"I have all of the Emeralds, so why isn't this....."he looks out of the corner of his eye at one of the Emeralds. He pulls it out. And sees that it is the same fake one they tried to give him on ARK. As he is cursing himself for that, a small gleam catches his eye. He inspects the first Emerald he obtained. A small piece is missing from the Emerald. There is only one explanation for that one.

"Lilac." He groans. "It is time to finish this.

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**Back with the heroes**

Rouge is still picking the lock. The others are starting to get bored.

"Rouge, hurry up!" Sonic shouts. Rouge growls, then a click is heard. Rouge steps back, and the door swings open. The entire group races up to the roof, and finds themselves staring right at the barrel of the cannon. Amy lets out a cry. Eggman is at the controls grinning like an idiot.

"Welcome. Now give me the real Emerald." The group seethes.

"Give me one good reason." Sonic says. Eggman swings the cannon so it is aimed right at Amy. Amy is backed against a wall.

"How's this." Eggman says. Sonic doesn't move. Neither does anyone else. The stand-off begins. Eggman is the first to tire of waiting.

"Give me the Emerald!" he shouts. Still no one moves. "Fine."

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**Slow motion**

Eggman pulls the trigger, the cannon fires at Amy.........

Amy shrieks, covers her head (like that's going to help)........

Sonic and Shadow jump and try to run over...........

Tails and Rouge just watch in horror............

Knuckles races for the cannon...........

Lilac (is closer to Amy) pushes Amy down..........gets hit...........

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**normal speed**

Knuckles grabs the Emerald plate and rips it off the cannon. Sonic and Shadow arrive two seconds two late to catch Lilac, who has just fallen over the side and into the moat. As Tails and Rouge come over, Shadow gets a bright idea. To everyone's horror, he jumps over the side after Lilac.

To be continued.............